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GenLink® - D Operating Manual Version 1.0
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SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS – The manufacturer suggests that these rules for safe operation be copied and posted in potential hazard areas. Safety should be stressed to all operators and potential operators of this equipment.
This manual should remain with the unit.
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Table of Contents GenLink®-D Operating Manual
GENERAL INFORMATION ................................1 Introduction ..........................................................1 Features ................................................................1 Installing GenLink Prerequisites........................................................1 GenLink ..............................................................1 Online Help............................................................1 Add Notes for Online Help ..................................1
OPERATION ........................................................2 GenLink Menus ....................................................2 GenLink’s Power Manager Screens ........................3 Power Manager Configuration Screens ..................4
NOTES ..................................................................5
Generac® Power Systems, Inc.
General Information GenLink®-D Operating Manual
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SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS – The manufacturer suggests that these rules for safe operation be copied and posted in potential hazard areas. Safety should be stressed to all operators and potential operators of this equipment.
INTRODUCTION Genlink®-D
has been developed alongside Generac's latest control technology to give a more upto-date and feature-rich experience. Generac has incorporated such things as parameter file storage, variable trending, demo modes and a host of other features. Genlink®-D uses the industry standard Modbus protocol to communicate with Generac's latest controllers and allows for local or remote (via modem) communications. The package is easy to install and friendly with it's own online context sensitive help system. It is recommended using Genlink along with the manual for the particular product purchased.
FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • • •
Context sensitive online help system Uses industry standard Modbus protocol Allows for local or remote (modem) connection Runs in "Demo" mode offline Allow product parameter ing/storage in files/copying and ing Allows product parameter editing offline Generates multiple reports Allows upgrades to the controller software upgrades in the field via modem Can perform variable trending and graphing of multiple variables in real time Multiple diagnostic functions and file to controllers inbuilt PLC (PLC programming tool is separate) Allows setup of controllers maintenance parameters
INSTALLING GENLINK ‹ PREREQUISITES Before Genlink .NET can be installed, two other components will need to be in place. The two requisite files MUST BE LOADED FIRST before Genlink is installed. First, install the .NET Framework version 1.1. This is available via Windows Update, or double-click on this file: Prerequisites/dotnetfx.exe
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Next, install the Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.8 by double-clicking on this file: Prerequisites/MDAC_TYP.EXE Follow the instructions. Rebooting shouldn't be necessary.
‹ GENLINK Install Genlink by double-clicking on the "Setup.exe" file in the Genlink_Setup subdirectory.
ONLINE HELP Genlink is being constantly improved with new features added on a regular basis. In order to keep the documentation up to date, the main source of this documentation is provided by the online help system. This provides for context sensitive help on every Genlink screen. This manual should only be viewed as an introductory guide, the main source of documentation being from the online help system. To access online help, either click on the "Help" button or use the "F1" key. This will bring up a help document which is displayed via explorer.
‹ ADD NOTES FOR ONLINE HELP Personal help notes can be created with just a few simple keystrokes. Each help screen has it's own individual help document which is stored in the "\help" directory. Each help page has a link to an associated "notes" document where notes can be added. There is one "notes" file per help document (i.e. one per page). The easiest way to edit the notes files is to run Genlink and bring up the help page that needs editing. Click on the "notes" link to bring up the notes file for that page. Right click on the help text and select "view source" to bring up the document in notepad. An alternative is to edit the file in notepad (or an HTML editor) without going through Genlink, but by using explorer to find the files. These are stored under the "\help" directory, under the directory where Genlink was installed. Note that these files are in HTML format. By using the HTML format, headings, colored text, etc. can be used to enhance online notes.
Follow the instructions presented, then be sure to shutdown and restart the machine before going on to the next steps.
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GENLINK MENU'S Genlink uses pull down menu's to access it's features (Figure 1). The tables at the top of page 3 show where the features can be found:
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This is the main area of text that will be displayed when help is requested.
